The EU strategy is more effective than the “friends of Georgia” one

2008-11-14 18:49

The EU position on conflict in Abkhazia and South Ossetia settlement has already showed its effectiveness, believes Nicolas Sarcozy, the President of France, the chair country of the EU, Nasha Abkhazia (Our Abkhazia) informs.

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"Our strategy, the strategy of the EU (of settlement of conflict in Caucus) appeared to be more effective than the strategy of so called "friends of Georgia", - stated Nicolas Sarcozy on the press-conference after Russia-EU summit.

According to Sarcozy, "the policy of threats will get Russia, Georgia, the EU nowhere; that is not the EU concept".

French leader expressed confidence that unless the EU intervened, "we could have been talking of disproportional Russian response at the present moment".